Sektion 20

Sektion 20 by Paul Dowswell

Forbidden to leave East Berlin during the Cold War, teen Alex draws the attention of the Stasi and is denied education and employment when he is unable to obey the oppressive regime edicts, prompting a desperate family plan to escape.

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